Scholarships Articles

Among those attending the 30th anniversary celebration at the Lumley Aviation Center for the Pennsylvania College of Technology Foundation Inc. were the organization's past and present executive directors. From left are Lenore G. Penfield (1993-99), Frederick T. Gilmour (1983-86), Robert C. Dietrich (2008-present), Joann M. Kay (2004-07) and Dennis L. Correll (1999-2004).

Four Pennsylvania College of Technology students will receive scholarship awards of $3,000 each, thanks to The John Deere Foundation. Tyler S. Caldwell, of Manchester; Micah E. Hoover, of Souderton; Derek T. Ban, of Charlotte, N.C.; and Justin T. Nupp, of South Williamsport, are the recipients of awards from the John Deere Foundation Scholarship for 2011-12.

A Loyalsock Township High School senior who has been active in community service projects throughout her high school years is the 2011 recipient of the Peggy Madigan Memorial Leadership Scholarship at Pennsylvania College of Technology. A selection committee chose Niesha J. Williams to receive this year's award for the scholarship named in memory of the late wife of former state Sen. Roger A.

A local business leader has established an endowed scholarship fund at Pennsylvania College of Technology in memory of his father and in honor of his mother. Frank Pellegrino, executive vice president of PRIMUS Technologies Corp., Williamsport, recently made a gift to the Penn College Foundation to establish the John Joseph and Eva Girio Pellegrino Scholarship Fund.

A key figure in the development of Pennsylvania College of Technology and his wife have established a scholarship fund at the college. Former State Rep. Alvin C. Bush and his wife, Elizabeth, have established the Alvin Bush Family Scholarship at Penn College.

Pennsylvania College of Technologyon Friday presented a bachelor's degree posthumously to a 20-year-old student from Hellertown who died in a traffic accident last year. Tracy A. Garis was an active campus leader, enrolled in the college's dental hygiene program at the time of her death. She served as a Resident Assistant and Student Ambassador for the college.

The on-campus and off-campus activities of an applied human services student from Lewistown have resulted in her selection as the 2011-12 recipient of the Student Leader Legacy Scholarship at Pennsylvania College of Technology. Ashley M. Stuck, who will be entering her junior year at Penn College this fall, was chosen from among numerous applicants for the $1,000 scholarship award.

A class project supported by alumni donations has resulted in a new scholarship fund at Pennsylvania College of Technology. One of the options offered to alumni when they receive their annual request for donations to Penn College is to direct their gifts to one of Penn College's eight academic schools.

An annual reception in recognition of scholarship donors and the students who benefitfrom their generosity, featuring a Tropical Delights pastry buffet prepared by School of Hospitality students, was held Sunday afternoon in the Keystone Dining Room.

A contest to select this year's Mardi Gras King and Queen in Williamsport has resulted in a big boost for a scholarship fund at Pennsylvania College of Technology. Mike Morgan, a former Penn College student, won the Mardi Gras King/Queen contest in March as the nominee for Franco's Lounge.